Bill Griffin Announces Candidacy for Mayor

 

Bill Griffin, a retired Florence educator, is currently the representative for District 3 in that city. Last week, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Florence. Griffin is the first to announce in that race, which is predicted to bring out several candidates seeking to replace current beleaguered mayor Andy Betterton.

We won't examine Griffin's entire platform at this time, but do want to address three aspects of his announcement:

1. Griffin mentions his support of a Salvation Army program (without actually mentioning the name of the church itself). As more and more has become known about the Salvationist Church, fewer have supported the organization. Many will find his mention of the church project less than desirable.

2. Griffin refers to the citizens of Districts 1 and 3 as feeling neglected and overlooked. Whether that's true or not, he does not represent District 1 which is the district of Ms. Kaytrina Simmons. Most citizens, when asked to compare, would rate Simmons' work with the council as highly superior to Griffin's. We would love to know how Kaytrina feels about being brought into this announcement.

3. Griffin made mention of many areas of Florence that need more support, yet failed to mention the underfunded animal services. We find this extremely troubling. We already have a mayor who has abandoned the FLAS, we certainly don't need another. 

There you have the first announced candidate for Florence mayor. We eagerly await those to come.

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